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Beaumaris
Conservation Society Inc. |
BEAUMARIS VIC 3193 |
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info@beaumarisconservation.net |
Tel 0395891802, 0429176725 Fax 0395891680 |
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Expansion Proposals for Ricketts
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| * | 2007: Bayside
Leader report on
2007-09-04 about the latest rejection of attempts to apply for a liquor
licence, and to extend trading hours at the Ricketts Point Tea House |
| * | 2007: Bayside
Council meeting adopted the recommendation of Item 4.6 below to not agree to
allowing the Tea House tenant to apply for a liquor licence or extended
hours. |
| * | 2007:
President
of BCS Inc. congratulates Bayside Council Committee on its vote
on
2007-08-21 that the Tea House lessee should not apply for the
liquor licence described below. 4.6 RICKETTS POINT TEAHOUSE – APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE It is recorded that Mr Ronald Morris, Ms Kerry Smith, Mr Russell Hellier, Ms Janet Ablitt, Mr Ted Kempster & Mr Renato Poci spoke for three minutes in relation to this matter. Moved Cr Norris Seconded Cr O’Brien "That Council not agree to allow the tenant of the Ricketts Point Teahouse to apply for a liquor licence and that Council does not agree to extend the current trading hours." The MOTION was PUT and a DIVISION called DIVISION: FOR Crs O’Brien, Wilson, Stegley, Norris & Hayes (5) AGAINST Crs del Porto, Long, Knight & McLorinan (4) CARRIED |
| * | 2007: Staff report
to Bayside City Council -
Section 4.6 of the Agenda
for the
BCC General Committee meeting on 2007-08-21 points to increased
rental fees for Council, and states, "The Bayside Tourism Strategy highlights the need to develop and promote beachside and foreshore dining in order to successfully market Bayside for its food and beverage industry. The Strategy also identifies the potential for a significant growth in Bayside’s food and beverage industry by capitalizing on Bayside’s beachside location. It is considered that the tenant’s proposal will attract many additional tourists and residents to the municipality and is consistent with the objectives of the Strategy." Sadly, this report places little stress on how this tawdry capitalizing compares to tarnishing the adjacent State Marine Sanctuary, specifically listed in the National Parks Act. In Victoria, areas under that Act aren't right next to licensed liquor cafes. The margin of the Marine Sanctuary deserves a much less commercial ambience. The report finally states, "STAFF RECOMMENDATION That Council agree to allow the tenant of the Ricketts Point Teahouse to apply for a restricted liquor licence from 11am to 3 pm, seven days a week and that Council does not agree to extend the current trading hours." Beaumaris Conservation Society Inc. opposes any breakdown in the understanding now that the Tea House would not gradually become a licensed cafe, as the above plan proposes. |
| * | Government
Response to
Environment Assessment Council Recommendation
R37 is to incorporate in the Victorian Coastal Strategy a
requirement for limited, if any, visitor facilities in Coastal
Protection Zones, one of which the EAC Map A identifies as the
foreshore reserve land
adjacent to the Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary. |
| * | 2006: Proposals
for:
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| * | Have
operators of the Tea
House taken on the role of proponents
of changes to the scale, nature, purpose and style of the Tea
House rather than primarily pursuing goals that elected Councils
have determined for it? Relentless expansion, and this 2002 sign,
suggests that operators promote much more than a Tea House, despite the
Council sign
still there in 2006.
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2002: Proposal to extend the Ricketts Point
Tea House by making the upper storey larger, and adding a balcony, was
opposed but approved. Click on link for letter with photograph. |
| * | 1986: Proposal
in 1986 to
extend the new Ricketts Point Tea House, after only 6 months'
operation, was approved, but the BYO liquor
licence sought was rejected by the Council. |
| * | 1982, 1983
and 1984
BCS Inc. Annual General Meetings considered Sandringham Council's
proposal
to rebuild the recently burnt-down Ricketts Point Tea House |
| * | 1951: Aerial view of Beaumaris shows the
original one-storey pre-war Tea House at Ricketts Point.
Zoom in at 400% to see former
screening trees and smaller
footprint. |